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18 in London; but if central establishments like these were formed, there would be a certain sale for everything.

The contrast between the system of private killing of animals in London and the abattoirs of Paris, was not more striking than that between the markets of Smithfield and Poissy, and in neither case was it to the advantage of England.

Mr. could not help remarking, that there would be great objections to including any of the offensive trades within the walls of an abattoir, as the tendency must evidently be, as had been stated by Professor Owen, to taint the meat, and thus do away with one of the great advantages of the proposed establishments, which he sincerely wished to see commenced immediately.

Mr. said, with reference to the observation made by Mr. May, as to the evil of connecting offensive trades with the slaughter-houses, he thought the modes proposed in the pamphlet, which he had laid before the Institution, would quite meet that difficulty; the ventilating towers would carry off most of the offen- sive ingredients that would arise, in addition to which they would be well partitioned off, so that the draught could not carry any of the effluvia to where the meat was kept; another important part of his plan had reference to the preservation of meat during the summer, in rooms properly ventilated and cooled by dry air and other artificial means.

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